This article is about the *anese former badminton player. For the *anese footballer, see Sho Sasaki (footballer).The native form of this personal name is Sasaki Sho.:This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.Badminton playerBWF profile

Sho Sasaki (佐々木 翔, Sasaki Shō, born 30 June 1982) is a *anese badminton player from Tonami Transportation badminton team. He competed at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics. He also competed in four Asian Games from 2002 to 2014.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Awards
• 3 Achievements
  • 3.1 Asia Championships
  • 3.2 BWF Grand Prix
  • 3.3 BWF International Challenge/Series
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Career

In 2007 he won the *anese National Championships in men's singles, and 7 international tournaments: the Bahrain Satellite Badminton Tournament, the Banuinvest International Championships, the Osaka International Challenge, the Israel International, the Mauritius International, the Victorian International and the Italian International. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he reached the quarter-finals of the men's singles, losing to Lin Dan. In 2016, he did not advance to the knock-out stage after placing second in the group stage. He beat Petr Koukal of the Czech Republic, but was defeated by Rajiv Ouseph of Great Britain.

In 2017, he announced his retirement from the international badminton event. He ranked as high as No.6 in his career.

Awards

In May 2012 he received the People's Honour Award from Hokuto City, and in 2013, received a Sports Award at the Toyama Shinbun Culture, Performing Arts and Sports Awards Ceremony.

Sho Sasaki at 2010 Dutch Open

Achievements

Asia Championships

Men's Singles

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's Singles

: BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament: BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Men's doubles

: BWF International Challenge tournament: BWF International Series tournament

References

External links

• Sho Sasaki at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com